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Lipid metabolism

Treasure hunt in fat

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology volume 9, pages 826–827 (2008)Cite this article

Lipid chaperone proteins, such as fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs), modulate lipid composition and dictate the distribution of lipids inside cells. To understand how local lipid alterations in the adipose tissue are linked to whole-body metabolic outcomes, the authors used mice that lack adipose tissue FABPs; these mutants are altered in the systemic metabolic balance and are protected against metabolic diseases.

...palmitoleate is an adipose tissue-derived hormone that regulates systemic metabolic homeostasis.

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  1. Cao, H. et al. Identification of a lipokine, a lipid hormone linking adipose tissue to systemic metabolism. Cell 134, 933–944 (2008)

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  1. Francesca Cesari
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Cesari, F. Treasure hunt in fat. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 9, 826–827 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2533

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